H. A. Hoffmann.. What is of the earth has no permanence; our hearts yearn after a better land. H. Ballou.. Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way. H. Ballou.. Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearing of little children tends towards the formation of character. H. Ballou.. Envy is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing but the fire of divine love can purge it from the soul. H. Ballou.. Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood. H. Ballou.. Falsehood is cowardice; truth is courage. H. Ballou.. Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant. H. Ballou.. Judgment is not a swift-growing plant; it requires time and culture to mature it. H. Ballou.. Preaching is of much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument that you can offer to the sceptic. H. Ballou.. Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev. James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
